I’m not a supporter of homosexual behavior, but I do have a problem with framing a 15 year old and 18 year old liaison in terms of statutory rape or some such.
It bothers me when they do this with 18 and 15 year old guys and girls, or girls and guys.
If the guy is 17 years 364 days old, it’s okay. If the guy is 17 years old and 365 days, it’s rape.
These are kids that go to the same school. They meet and socialize. I think it’s going too far to try to make the older person out to be a felon here.
It does disturb me that and 18 year old homosexual is introducing a 15 year old girl to that. Fifteen year old kids should be left to their heterosexual norms. If the 18 year old girl wanted to have these types of relations, she should have stuck to her own age group or above.
“These are kids that go to the same school. They meet and socialize. I think it’s going too far to try to make the older person out to be a felon here.”
It’s zero tolerance mentality, following the letter of the law rather than the spirit, coming home to roost.
Yes, innocent young kids should be left to their heterosexual norms and predatory homosexual deviants that steal that innocence should be punished.
As I pointed out in another thread yesterday, there are many laws that define whether or not something is legal by age. For example, if the girl in question attempted to vote one day before her 18th birthday, it would be illegal; one day after, legal. If she tried to buy alcohol one day before her 21st birthday, illegal; one day after, legal. If she signed a contract one day before her 18th birthday, it would not be binding upon her; one day after, it would. An so on and so forth.
So are you arguing that ALL age-based laws should be repealed? And if not, why should this age-based law be any different than any other?
“If the guy is 17 years 364 days old, it’s okay. If the guy is 17 years old and 365 days, it’s rape.”
Translation: If ONE is 17 years 364 days old, it’s okay. If ANOTHER ONE 17 years old and 365 days, it’s rape.
These kind of “letter of the law” interpretations are like “zero tolerance” policies; no one is allowed to make a reasoned judgement that puts an incident in context.
Full disclosure here - I am not talking about sexual assault, only mutually concensual sex.
Who knows how homosexual even the 18 yr. old really is either. Schools and popular culture push trying homosexuality as a “lifestyle choice” on anyone who’s remotely attracted to it.
An acquaintance of mine from church was called in to his son’s school guidance counselor. His 9 yr. old was wrestling with other boys, you know, what normal boys of that age do. The guidance counselor told my acquaintance that he believed the son was gay and that the parents should help him explore that.
I agree with you too that statutory rape laws can be a bit silly when it’s a match-up like 18 and 15.
The line has to be drawn somewhere. Where would you draw it?